Folding bed



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Patented Peb. l2, 1889.

FOLDING BED.

T. J. CHRISTY.

(No Model.)

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(No Model.)

ANo. 397,779.

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FOLDING BED.

Patented Feb. 12, 1889.

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NiTED STATES PATENT Erice.

THOMAS J. CHRISTY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR. TO THE ECONOMY FOLDING BED COMPANY, OF EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS.

FOLDING BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,779, dated February 12, 1889.

Application filed April 23, 1888. Serial No. 271,560. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. CHRISTY, of St. Louis, Missouri, have made a new and useful Improvement in Folding Beds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The novelty in the present instance consists in the construction of the several parts and in the combination of the same, all substantially as presently set forth and claimed, aided by a reference to the annexed drawings, making part ot' this specification, and in which- Figure l is a view in perspective showing the improved bed folded into an upright position; Fig. 2, a View in perspective showing the bed in an upright posit-ion, but presenting the opposite side to that of Fig. l; Fig. 3, a view in perspi-etive showing the bed unfolded into a horizontal position, as when used the bed-frame and its support; and Fig. 8, a

vertical section on the line 8 8 of Fig. 7.

The views are upon various scales.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts. Y

A B, Figs. l and 2, represent the legs, which furnish the pivotal support for the upper portion of the structure. ing as it may be modiiied or supplemented'by the improvement under consideration, is of a familiar form, consisting, mainly, of the end rails, c c', the .side rails, c? c3, and the bottom c". Then the bed-frame is in an Aupright position, the bottom ci becomes the 'front of the struct-ure, and it maybe variously shaped and l As represented in Fig. l, it is i ornamented.

The bed-frame C, sav- I. i

' c3 at the upper edge, cs, thereof, substantially paneled at c5, and, if desired, the panels may piece forms, in conjunction with the side rail be occupied by mirrors.

To steady the bed-'frame in eitherl ol' its positions, the following means are adopted:

When the bed-frame is upturned, a pin, D, is It may also have a mirror, g3, inserted in it. ioo

passed through a perforation in theleg B and into a perforation, c, in the end rail of the bed-frame. To insure the bed-frame in upturning it from swinging too far, the legs A B are each provided with a stop, E, Figs. l, 3, and 5 5 7, against which the bed-frame strikes when brought in to its proper upright position, The pivots upon which the bed-frame swings are shown at F. They are suitably constructed with head flanges or washers f to conne the 6o bed-frame longitudinally to the legs A B; but to etliciently steady the structure when the bed-frame is upturned, and at the same time obviate the need of a frame to inclose the bedframe, the bed-frame is extended to form or 6 5 is provided with a projection, e7, Figs. 3 and 8, which, when the bed-t' rame is upturned, comes snugly between ,the legs A B and a lip, e. The bed-frame and leg are thus, for the time being, locked en dwise together at two points- 7o at the point of the pivot and at the lower corner of the bed-Frame. The lip e is conveniently made in one piece with the stop E.

IVhen it is desired to use the structure as a bed, the pin D is withdrawn from its position in the bed-frame, and then the bed-frame is turned upon its pivots F in the reverse direction to that in which it was turned in folding it and brought into the position of Fig. 3. The legs A B cannot now be relied upon as 8o the sole support of the bed-frame, especially in view of theY fact that the bed-frame is usually not pivoted at its center to the legs but nearer to its side.

Grepresents thehead-piece. Itis composed of the horizontal part g and vthe leg-shaped ends g g. It is hinged at g2 to the side railas shown, and it is thereby adapted to be turned upward and downward, as indicated by 9o its two positions shown, respectively, in Figs. l and 3. lhelieadrpiecein its position of Fig. l. serves to ornament the structure, and to that end it may have any desirable configuration consistent with the other office which it performs 5 but for useful' purposes the headc3, a mantel suitable for supporting such things as are. commonly placed upon mantels.

'When the head-piene is turned down, as in Fig. 3, it beeomes a leg to uphold the bed- 'l`rame, the hingesl Q2 becoming the means for eonneeting the two parts. 'lhe pin l.) is again brought into use Vb v passing it through the leg ll and into another perforation, e, in the end .rail,e. An analogousmeans may also be employed for iixing the head-pieee in itis two positions respectively. ll represents a pin which may he passed through the end g and 'into the hed-framdas shown in ltigs. l, 2, and il, and for that: purpose the end g is perforated at` two points, g" y, to snit the different positions of the end g with relation to the bed-frame. The pin ll in its position of Fig. [l also materially supplements the hinges g2 in connecting the head-piece G with the bedfranie as a support thereof.

The hed-frame is provided with a headboard, l', and a foot-board,.Lwhieh are hinged thereto to enable them to be opened outy into an upright position, Fig. 3, or to be folded parallel with the bed-fratrie, as in Fig. Then unfolded, the button e' may serve to support them. ll'hen folded, thcvT may be nsed to keep the bedolothes from falling out of the bed-frame, and, to secure the head and foot boards so that they may noty unfold when the bed-frame is folded, one of them-say the head-board-is provided with an arm or ban/j, whieh may be turned around on its pivot j',

Fig. 2, and made to engage with the eatehj2 upon the foot-board, as shown.

The bed C is supported in the bed-frame by means of the irons K, Fi 2, 3, 4, and 5. These irons are in two parts, and la', The part 7L' is fastened to the end rail of the hed-frame, and the part; 71'. to the side rail. The tenon k2 of the part 7; is reeeived in the mortise of the part- 1', and then by inserting a bolt, R4, the parts 7.; 7s are united, andthe end rail and side 'rail at that Corn er of thebed-frame thereby secured together. A similar iron is used at eaeh eorner of the bed-frame. B5' removing the bolts rl the bed-frame may be disl direetion of theend rails.

jointed. The parts 711 are slotted atl 715 to reeeive the projections l of the bed, by which means the bed is upheld. The slots c permit of the bed proj eetions Z bein g moved in them, b v whichv means the bed-bottom, when it desired to stre-teh it, eanbe drawn in the This in turn is aeeoinplished by the boltsl l`/ and nuts I', such as shown in lligs. 5, il, and 2, the bolts passing through the end rail, of the bed and the end rail of the bed-frame.

I :un aware thata swinging and folding bed is not lin-oadly new, and that sueh beds having hinged sides or paneled bottom are not'l new.

l claiml. The Combination of the legs A l5 and the bed-'frame C, made as deseribed, and having j bottom el, said legs having stops E, provided with the lips e, and said bed-framebeing plvoted at F to said legs and having the projections e7,whieh engage the stops E between the `lips e and the sides of the leg, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a swinging and folding bed, the bedfranle C, having the end rails perforated atI e, combined with the perforated legs A and B, havin stops E, and pin D, adapted to engage the perforation in the leg and bed tio hold the bed in an unfolded position, sulistantiaily as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The Combination of thebed-frame, the irons K, eaeh of said irons made in two parts', k 7u', thepart k fastened to end rail and the part` 7.5 to the side rail, the tenon of one part secured in the mortise of the other by bolt 751, and the bed-bottom, said bot-tom having projections?, which engage in slots in said irons, whereby said bottom is adjustably oonneet'ed with the end rails of said frame, substantiallyV as deseribed.

THOMAS J. CHRISTY.

Wlitnesses:

C. D. Moonv, F. G. STEWART. 

